I wanted to put something alittle better back in but I didn't have enough money. And i agree the 4 banger is a good motor i dont need a big motor for what i do withnit anyway. Maybe when I'm old and retired I can do that. Haha this is costing me close to $1500 now.

While I haven't needed to do a TJ motor rebuild yet, I will say that rebuilding any motor is a great learning opportunity and ya get to know the machine that much better. The good thing is that TJ motors are not super complicated.

I just purchased a new long block assembly 2.5l, due to a cracked block from freezing after I was flushing the coolant to replace the radiator(didn't see the need to put new anti freeze in till I was done). Didn't want old dirt in the new radiator but I guess I don't have to worry about that any more

Well pistons are installed "junk piston compresser from autozone made me say a few bad words!!!" and timeing chain and tensioner on. Now time to goto the car wash and pressure wash some parts and finish some more today before I go back to the dungeon for the next 7 days!!!

Also I think I'm done shipping at autozone after today. I'm very unhappy with their quality of parts and tools.